Power Resources

POWER RESOURCES

• Power or energy plays vital role in our lives.
• we need it for -> industry, agriculture, transport etc.
• there are 2 types of power resources IE. conventional and non-conventional resources.

FOSSIL FUELS

• Fossils are remains of plants and animals that were buried under the
• earth for millions of years. Coal, petroleum and natural gas are fossil
• fuels as they are formed from fossils.

CONVENTIONAL SOURCES

• the sources that have been in common use for a long time are called conventional sources of
• energy..
• EG. are firewood, coal, petroleum
• and natural gas.

eg. of conventional sources

• FIREWOOD
• Firewood is primarily used for cooking and heating.
• it is not a
• very convenient and eco-friendly source of energy.
• Collecting firewood
• and cooking with it is time consuming and also burning firewood releases
• carbon monoxide in the air. This results in air pollution and higher
• levels of greenhouse gases.
• Firewood is also the main cause of
• deforestation.
• COAL
• it is bulky
• to transport, it is also a source of pollution.
• it is used in iron, steel, steam engines and to generate electricity
• called as thermal power.
• it is also called as buried sunshine.
• The major coal producing
• countries in the world are China, the USA, Germany, Russia, South
• Africa, and France. In India, the major coal producing areas are
• Raniganj, Jharia, Dhanbad and Bokaro in Jharkhand.

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• PETROLEUM
• it means rock oil and is found between layers of rocks in the
• form of a thick black liquid.
• In its raw form petroleum is called crude oil which is drilled from oil
• fields located in off-shore and coastal areas.
• A major advantage of petroleum is that it can be easily transported in tankers
• The major petroleum
• producing countries in the world are Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
• NATURAL GAS
• it is traditionally used as a
• source of energy. It is found with petroleum deposits and is released
• when the crude oil is brought to the surface.
• HYDEL POWER
• Electricity is generated from the energy of flowing water & The
• energy derived from flowing water is called hydro power.
• The electricity
• generated from hydro power is called hydroelectricity.
• Norway was the
• first country in the world to develop hydroelectricity.
• The leading
• producers of hydro power in the world are Paraguay, Norway, Brazil, and
• China.